Software Engineer - Salesforce Proficient at UpEnergy

The right candidate will be pragmatic, and excited to find the right balance between developing software in-house and leveraging off-the-shelf technologies to optimise for the needs of the business and our customers. 

The UpEnergy Software Engineer is an exciting position that will provide the opportunity to work across multiple UpEnergy markets. If you are eager to gain incredibly rich, hands-on experience while being part of one of the fastest growing social enterprises in Africa and believe you’re up for the challenge (as well as a lot of fun!), we’d love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities;   

System Architecture and Optimisation (approx 20%) 

• Design and implement UpEnergy’s digital strategy. Own key technical decisions, including the choice of technical stack, build vs. buy components and the composition of the software team. 
• Investigate solutions and techniques to improve our in-house and off-the-shelf tools and software packages, assuming responsibility for the low-level integration into our pipeline and high-level functionality.

Software Development (approx 80%) 

• Collaborate with our Head of Product to determine a roadmap of new features and technical epics to ensure that UpEnergy’s software tools are secure, robust and meeting the needs of the business and our customers. 
• Collaborate with our Head of Product to deliver working software on a weekly or bi-weekly basis with daily stand-up meetings to ensure rapid, iterative and customer-focused delivery.  We believe in progress over perfection! 
• Create and implement policies around coding guidelines, code-review and input on key architectural decisions. 
• Create and maintain documentation pertaining to systems design and environment set-up for team onboarding and integration purposes. 
• Run technical interviews and make recommendations for future engineering candidates. 

Does this sound like you?

Must Have 

• 5+ years of experience
• Experience developing and customizing Salesforce, especially with multiple API integrations
• Experience working with SMS and Mobile Money API services
• Solid experience with at least one server-side language (Python preferred)
• Mobile App development experience (Android Native preferred) with online / offline capabilities
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) or a similar cloud-hosting platform
• Experience creating and maintaining scalable web applications with robust API layers. 
• Database administration and data management skills (RDBMs)
• Prior experience with software design for testability (white-box, unit testing)
• Experience with git and GitHub based source code management
• Interest in products for emerging markets
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Availability to travel (approx 10%)

Nice to Have 

• Bachelors or Masters in a relevant engineering discipline (Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science preferred)
• Working knowledge of good practices for computer and data security